The Best of Times amp settings — Donner Arena 2000
The Jam Track Central guitar tone for “The Best of Times”, dialed in for a Donner Arena 2000 with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. JTC Guitar track version, clean rhythm/intro voicing
Fender Twin Reverb / Mesa Lonestar clean platform, Stratocaster/humbucker guitar into transparent compressor, analog chorus, and stereo ambient delay/reverb
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 4 |
| Master | 7 |
01Compressor Block (Studio Comp)
Smooths pick dynamics for sustained arpeggios
02Chorus Block
Post-amp / FX block for 80s/90s studio polish
03Digital Delay Block
Dotted eighth or ~380ms spatial repeats
04Hall Reverb Block
Spacious studio ambiance
The Jackson JS32 has ceramic humbuckers with higher output and punchier lower mids than standard vintage singles, so using the middle position (both coils split/combined) with volume backed off to 9 retains clean headroom. The Donner Arena 2000's US Twin model provides sparkling high-end clarity; keep the amp gain low at 3 to prevent the hot pickups from clipping the preamp stage. Mids are boosted slightly to keep chord lines articulate without sounding sterile.
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